# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CrVt2PQs3s7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810608-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-22T13:00:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

## Caption

Friends and family of a 24-year-old who has been missing for over two weeks are asking for the public’s help to find them after their truck was located on the side of Interstate 70 in Utah. 

Del Fig suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder and was last seen on the night of April 2 in their East Side Kansas City home, according to Greta Webb, a close friend. 

Webb said Fig’s three roommates attempted to file a missing persons report with Kansas City police April 8 and again April 10, but the report was not accepted. 

Del Fig’s grandmother tried to file a follow-up report April 14, Webb said, and she also did not have her report accepted. Webb went with the roommates April 18 to file a report with police after learning that Fig’s truck had been abandoned on the side of I-70, about 20 miles away from Salina, Utah. 

On Thursday, about four hours after The Star began asking police questions about Fig’s case, the department released a flyer to media and other community members announcing the 24-year-old was missing. That flyer misgendered Fig, who identifies as nonbinary, and includes a former name Fig no longer uses. Police later notified media outlets of Fig’s pronouns.

In a Thursday email, Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a police spokesman, said the department did have a missing person’s report dated April 8, the same day Fig’s roommates reported the 24-year-old missing. But it was 10 days later that police entered Fig’s information into a law enforcement database of missing persons.

The case comes after KCPD revived its missing person’s unit Sunday amid complaints from community members who were concerned police were not properly investigating missing persons cases.

Anyone with more information about Fig’s location can contact the Kansas City police missing person’s unit at 816-234-5043.

Read more at the link in our bio. 

#KansasCity #MissingPerson #KC #LocalNews #KCPD

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